Planet of the bugs : evolution and the rise of insects / Scott Richard Shaw.
By: Shaw, Scott R. (Scott Richard) [author.].
Description: xiv, 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 022616361X (cloth : alk. paper); 9780226163611 (cloth : alk. paper).Subject(s): Insects -- EvolutionGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 595.7| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | QL468.7 .S53 2014 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000004052 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index.
Time travel with insects -- The buggy planet -- Rise of the arthropods -- The Cambrian period, 541-485 million years ago, and the Ordovician period, 485-444 million years ago -- Silurian landfall -- The Silurian period, 444-419 million years ago -- Six feet under the moss -- The Devonian period, 419-359 million years ago -- Dancing on air -- The Carboniferous period, 359-299 million years ago -- Paleozoic holocaust -- The Permian period, 299-252 million years ago -- Triassic spring -- The Triassic period, 252-201 million years ago -- Picnicking in Jurassic park -- The Jurassic period, 201-145 million years ago -- Cretaceous bloom and doom -- The Cretaceous period, 145-66 million years ago -- Cenozoic reflections -- The Cenozoic era, 66 million years ago to the present day -- Postscript: the buggy universe hypothesis.